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amaranth

am·a·ranth
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [am-uh-ranth]
    • /ˈæm əˌrænθ/
    • /ˈæ.mə.ˌrænθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [am-uh-ranth]
    • /ˈæm əˌrænθ/

Definitions of amaranth word

  • noun amaranth an imaginary flower that never fades 3
  • noun amaranth any of numerous tropical and temperate plants of the genus Amaranthus, having tassel-like heads of small green, red, or purple flowers: family Amaranthaceae 3
  • noun amaranth a synthetic red food colouring (E123), used in packet soups, cake mixes, etc 3
  • noun amaranth any of a genus (Amaranthus) of plants of the amaranth family: some species, as the love-lies-bleeding, have colorful leaves and showy, tassel-like flower heads and other species, as pigweed or tumbleweed, are weeds 3
  • noun amaranth an imaginary flower that never fades or dies 3
  • noun amaranth a dark purplish red 3
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Origin of amaranth

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Latin amarantus, alteration of Greek amáranton unfading flower, noun use of neuter singular of amárantos, equivalent to a- a-6 + maran- (stem of maraínein to fade) + -tos verbal adjective suffix; -th- < Greek ánthos flower

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Parts of speech for Amaranth

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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amaranth popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • amaranthaceous

    of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaranthaceae (or Amarantaceae), a family of tropical and temperate herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants that includes the amaranths and cockscomb

  • amaranth family

    the plant family Amaranthaceae, typified by herbaceous, often weedy plants having alternate or opposite leaves and small, chaffy flowers without petals in brightly colored dense clusters, including the cockscomb, pigweed, and amaranth.

  • beet

    Beet is a crop with a thick round root. It is often used to feed animals, especially cows.

  • burning bush

    a rutaceous shrub, Dictamnus fraxinella, of S Europe and Asia, whose glands release a volatile inflammable oil that can burn without harming the plant: identified as the bush from which God spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:2–4)

  • chenopod

    any flowering plant of the family Chenopodiaceae, which includes the beet, mangel-wurzel, spinach, and goosefoot

  • chenopodiaceous

    belonging to the Chenopodiaceae, formerly the goosefoot family, now considered part of the amaranth family of plants.
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